Grain-harvester



( No Model.)

RGALHOUN.

. GRAIN HARVESTER.

Patented July 30, 1895.

l UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.,

ALFRED CALHOUN, OF HARDY, OHIO.

GRAIN-HARVESTER.

SPCIFICATIONV'Orming part of Letters ulPattentvNo.V 543,466, dated July 30, 1895. p

Application led December 17, 1894. Serial No. 532,125. (No model.)

. specification.

' Myinvention relates to an improvement in grain-harvesters whereby the operator assists the horses hauling said harvesters to turn corners with ease.

The object of my improvement is to enable theoperator by a special device to assist the team in turning said grain-harvester at corners, and is constructed by a ratchet-wheel being attached to the grain-wheel4 of any grain-harvester, said ratchet-wheel to be operated by a pawl attached to an upright 0n a shaft which has an adjustable relief-fork lattached to the same to throw thepawl out when the handlever stands at or near a perpendicular positionvand to be held in said position securely by a spring-latchor otherwise when not in use; the entire mechanism to be operated by a hand-lever attached to a shaft extending to or near the drivers seat,

said shaft to be secured to the platform by `suitable bearings or otherwise at or near each` end of saidshaft I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a grain-harvester with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 showsmy improvement detached.

'Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout both views. A

A- is a ratchet-wheel attached to the grainwheel of any grain-harvester. v

Sis a pawl-reaching from the ratchet-wheel 4o to an upright shaft O, and is connected therewith bybreak-pin or otherwise.

W is an adjustable relief fork and guide.

O is an upright shaft to which the pawl is attached, y

R is a rock-shaft.

N represents bearings for the rock-shaft, and H the hand-lever secured thereto.

My improvement is operated by the operator of the grain-harvester clasping the lever H and pushing it forward until the pawl S catches the ratchet-Wheel A, then pulling the lever H backward, revolving the ratchetwheel A and grain-wheel backward, and repeating this operation until the machine is in the desired position, the operator thus assisting the team to turn corners.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a harvester of a grain wheelhavinga ratchet rim secured thereto, an arm pivoted to the harvester frame and carrying a pawl adapted to engage with said ratchet rim, and means Within reach from the drivers seat having connections with said pivoted armv whereby the arm may be rocked and the grain wheel revolved backwardly.

ALFRED CALHOUN.-

Witnesses: v l. l

JAMES C. CALHOUN,

GEORGE HrrEs.. 

